Jennifer Jason Leigh Quotes

I try to do different things. My main goal is to choose roles where I won't repeat myself or where I will not be doing the same role over and over. I try to do a villain, the best friend to the lead, and then a lead. I try to vary it up because if I don't, I will get bored.

You want to play another kind of character in another genre, and it's been something I've been trying to do if I can in the career so far, and it's something I hope to continue because it's interesting to me and you get to do different things as an actor.

You know, I have some issues. But I just love to play different characters all the time, and I try not to repeat myself too much.

Any actor wants to do interesting roles, different roles. It's not all that much fun to do the same thing over and over again.

Any opportunity I can get to showcase different characters, I absolutely love.

As actors, you have to keep showing variety in performance, as people are lazy to think about you in a different way.

Theater actors like to change character roles. They don't like to always do the same thing.

I love playing different characters all the time, so I'm concentrating on doing other stuff.

I don't have anything saying, 'I'm going to do this many new films, and this many comedies.' But, it's always exciting for me, whenever it is a new character and something I haven't done before, and that's part of what draws me to it.

Potentially, you do inhabit different worlds. And while there are no specific roles I'm burning to play, as far as acting in the future goes, I'd really like to have done searing work.

I don't want to get stuck playing the same character over and over again.

I want to continually play characters that speak to me, but also are different than what I've just done.

It's kind of my whole philosophy as an actor. I think that's what we're supposed to do is play a wide range of characters - or it's just what I like to do, I should say. I like to try to be as different as I can from one thing to the next.

Every actor wants to be everybody - play all the roles.

For a long time I did not want to do television because I did not want to get stuck playing the same person. I wanted the ongoing challenge of a variety of roles.

I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from whatever I've done before because that keeps me awake. That's why I want to be an actor - I don't want to play endless variations on one character.

Playing different characters in different films helps keep you excited about what you do. It always seems like a whole new adventure.

I haven't done many films. But with every movie, I try to showcase a different side of me through a character.

I think every actor can agree that when you've been playing a certain character for awhile - no matter what that role is - it's always attractive to try something that's different.

I think that the worst thing as an actor is to fall into a monotony with characters.

I wouldn't want to be associated with one character, because I want to be able to do different roles.

I definitely want to explore all different types of characters.

I am glad that after 'Rustom,' I did 'Mubarakan' and then 'Baadshaho,' as it explores my range as an actor.

Even if I do get stereotyped, I would like to think that it is more of a challenge because if you are given one character and asked to play in 10 different ways, it says more about me as an actor.

I will try to bring variety in my roles.